'Claude is my CTO' is wrong: senior engineers matter more than ever
MartinGTobias · x · 2026-10-13
Pushing back on the "Claude is my CTO" meme, Martin Tobias argues that delegating architecture, data models, security and stack tradeoffs to an agent with no business context is like letting a plumber build your whole house. In his view, deep engineering judgment matters more than ever when building a real software company — vibe coding is fine only for toy projects.
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